Let's Get Off The Ledge Here, Folks

It's two games into a 162 game season, and already some morons are howling that the season is over.

While I'm not exactly overjoyed with the performance of the Chicago White Sox after two games this season, I'm not worried, either.

The starting pitching has been pretty bad so far, but it was bad in spring training. You can't just flip a switch once the season starts and have things go your way.

Besides that, it's not like the Sox are playing a horrible offensive team. Last I checked, the Indians scored 870 runs last season, second only to the New York Yankees.

The good news is that the Sox are scoring runs and are generally playing pretty well, apart from their starters. Darin Erstad looks healthy and like the player Ken Williams was hoping he'd get, and not the Erstad that missed most of last season to an ankle injury.

Aside from Andrew Sisco yesterday, the bullpen has looked a lot better than they did last season. David Aardsma was fantastic. He came in with the bases loaded and nobody out and struck out three straight hitters to get out of the jam. That's some El Duque stuff right there. Who'd we give up for him? Neal Cotts? Thank you, Jim Hendry.

Let's not forget that we're a terrific catch by Jason Michaels away from being 1-1 here, people. I know that things are magnified when it's the first two games of the season, but that's all they are. Two games. There are still 160 more of these things to go.

Of course, if we lose the next four, I'll be right there on the ledge with you.